Southfield was originally the site of a plantation. This, together with its Great House was well established by 1796 when Andrew Bromfield was listed as the proprietor with 80 African slaves.[9] By 1922 this had been renamed Southfield Pen.[10]
In 1995, the Great House featured in a program shown on Jamaican National Television.[9] In 2018, the village turned into a town and Southfield Town has 4,370 people live in 1,120 Households.
Amenities
Southfield has two hardware stores, one of which is owned and operated by the Parchment family, a Petcom gas station owned by the Gayle family, many churches including Southfield Seventh-Day Adventist church which was the first Seventh Day Adventist Church in the region. It also has many shops, a supermarket and a pharmacy.[11]
There is also a school, Mayfield All Age School, a public library[12] and two churches.[1][2]
